alcoviteiro
Portuguese, noun/aw.ko.viˈte(j).ɾu/
alcoviteiro is spelled A-L-C-O-V-I-T-E-I-R-O (11 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese, the 146,979th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alcoviteiro is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “matchmaker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aquele que alcovita; aquele que intermedia namoros ou relações amorosas”.
What does alcoviteiro mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinematchmaker
- 2
masculinepimp, procurer
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aquele que alcovita; aquele que intermedia namoros ou relações amorosas
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alcoviteiro
- alcoviteiros plural
- alcoviteira feminine
- alcoviteiras feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alcoviteiro?
- Brazil /aw.ko.viˈte(j).ɾu/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.ko.viˈte(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- Portugal /al.ku.viˈtɐj.ɾu/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alcoviteiro
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alcoviteiro in Portuguese?
alcoviteiro appears about once in every 25 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).